Handy Tools

These are some handy tools for web developers and folks out there who want to do a little bit of web stuff. These products and services are either free or very affordable. Ain't the web grand...

• Markup validator - a free service that checks Web documents in formats like HTML and XHTML for conformance to W3C Recommendations and other standards
• Color schemer - a professional color matching application for anyone from hobbyists to advanced professionals
• Adobe Kuler - This neat little web app from Adobe is all about color: color for exploration, inspiration, experimentation and sharing
• Gvisit - track visitors to your website using Google Maps
• Istockphoto - excellent (read as 'cheap') stock image gallery
• Mint - an elegant little website stats tool
• Faststone image viewer - nice free little batch image compression tool to prepare your images for the web